Ratings: MTV's Miley Cyrus-Hosted VMAs Down vs. 2014

Miley Cyrus’ nipple wasn’t the only thing that “slipped” as she hosted MTV’s Video Music Awards on Sunday night.

Just north of 5 million total viewers tuned into MTV for the annual bacchanal, plunging 40 percent from last year’s MTV telecast and wellllll shy of the VMAs’ record-setting 2011 audience of 12.4 million.

It was thus the least-watched VMAs on MTV since 2012, when 6.1 million tuned in for a rescheduled Thursday broadcast.